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3/11/2013

Adults abused as
children decades ago in New York could file civil lawsuits against their
abusers and the institutions that employed them, if a national surge of
legislative reform reaches Albany.

Advocates for child
sex abuse victims say that this year, the prospects look good for a bill that
sank four times previously following strong opposition from Catholic and
ultra-Orthodox groups. If passed, the legislation could ease the way for a slew
of lawsuits against Jewish and Catholic institutions accused of failing to
report accounts of child sex abuse to law enforcement authorities.

“I’ve never been more
optimistic we can succeed in 2013,” the bill’s sponsor, Assemblywoman Margaret
Markey, said.

Yeshiva University
may also be casting a wary eye toward Albany as it continues to investigate a
scandal involving abuse allegations first reported by the Forward and dating
back four decades.

Read the Forward’s COMPLETE COVERAGE of the
allegations of abuse against staffers at Yeshiva U. high school.

The bill, known as
the Child Victims Act, still faces a real test in the state senate where a key
Democrat, Jeffrey Klein, indicated he would not support it.

But, Markey said,
the success of similar legislation in other states as well as a wave of similar
bills being considered across the country this year gave her hope.

The statute of
limitations sets a time limit within which victims of abuse must file civil
claims against their alleged abusers or within which prosecutors must seek
indictments against alleged perpetrators. The statute for civil and criminal
charges varies state by state. In New York, those who claim they were abused as
children must file a civil claim before their 23rd birthday. But many experts
on child sexual abuse say it can take far longer than that for victims of such
abuse to understand and confront what was done to them, and then resolve to go
to court for redress, which can exacerbate already existing trauma.

This year, a dozen
states are considering — or have already passed — legislation that extends or
lifts time limits for abuse victims to file civil suits against individuals or
institutions culpable for their abuse, or for prosecutors to pursue criminal
cases. The legislation covers only sexual abuse cases occurring from the
present day onwards, so some states are also considering bills that would open
up a brief window for retroactive claims.